AMERICAN 18TH CENTURY FLUTE. 23" OVERALL. TYPICAL EARLY AMERICAN PLAIN, SIMPLE DESIGN. SINGLE BRASS, SQUARE-HEAD KEY, WITH SIX ADDITIONAL FINGER HOLES. BLOW HOLE IS SLIGHTLY OVAL. POSSIBLY MADE FROM PINE, AS THE INSTRUMENT HAS A LIGHT WEIGHT/LOOK. APPLIED BLACK PAINTED RINGS, NOTING AN EARLY AMERICAN CHARACTERISTIC. NO CRACKS. ONE AGED CHIP AT FAR END, BUT WAS PROBABLY A FLAW IN THE WOOD WHEN MADE, AS THE ORIGINAL BLACK PAINT COVERS THIS BLEMISH. A GREAT EARLY WIND INSTRUMENT OF THE AMERICAN COLONIAL ERA.
